List of Sri Lanka national cricket captains

This is a list of all men, boys and women who have captained a Sri Lankan national cricket team at official international level. Sri Lanka became a full member of the International Cricket Council on 21 July 1981. Previously they were an associate member of the ICC from 1965, which made them eligible to compete in the ICC Trophy, the leading one-day tournament for associate members. Just after Sri Lanka gained Test status in 1981 a team of rebel players toured apartheid South Africa under the banner "Arosa Sri Lanka" (the term "Arosa" being derived from the promoter's name). All players who toured Sri Lanka were banned from official cricket matches for life, thereby setting Sri Lanka's development back. Sri Lanka's greatest success in One Day Internationals was when they won the Cricket World Cup in 1996 under the captaincy of Arjuna Ranatunga.

Men's cricket

Test match captains

This is a list of cricketers who have captained the Sri Lankan cricket team for at least one Test match.[1] The table of results is complete including the first Test against Bangladesh which ended on 4 February 2018. Where a player has a dagger (†) next to a Test match series in which he captained at least one Test, that denotes that player captained this side for a minor proportion in a series.

Sri Lankan Test match captains
Number Name Year Opposition Location Played Won Lost Drawn
1 Bandula Warnapura[2] 1981/82EnglandSri Lanka1010
1981/82PakistanPakistan2020
1982/83IndiaIndia1001
Total4031
2 Duleep Mendis[3] 1981/82†PakistanPakistan1001
1982/83AustraliaSri Lanka1010
1983/84New ZealandSri Lanka3021
1984EnglandEngland1001
1985IndiaSri Lanka3102
1985/86PakistanPakistan3021
1985/86PakistanSri Lanka3111
1986/87IndiaIndia3021
1986/87New ZealandSri Lanka1001
Total19289
3 Somachandra de Silva[4] 1982/83New ZealandNew Zealand2020
Total2020
4 Ranjan Madugalle[5] 1987/88AustraliaAustralia1010
1988EnglandEngland1010
Total2020
5 Arjuna Ranatunga[6]
1989/90AustraliaAustralia2011
1990/91IndiaIndia1010
1990/91New ZealandNew Zealand3003
1992AustraliaSri Lanka3012
1992/93New ZealandSri Lanka2101
1992/93EnglandSri Lanka1100
1993IndiaSri Lanka3012
1993South AfricaSri Lanka3012
1993/94West IndiesSri Lanka1001
1993/94IndiaIndia3030
1994PakistanSri Lanka2020
1994/95ZimbabweZimbabwe3003
1994/95New ZealandNew Zealand2101
1995/96PakistanPakistan3210
1995/96AustraliaAustralia2020
1996/97ZimbabweSri Lanka2200
1996/97New ZealandNew Zealand2020
1996/97PakistanSri Lanka2002
1997West IndiesWest Indies2011
1997IndiaSri Lanka2002
1997/98IndiaIndia3003
1997/98ZimbabweSri Lanka2200
1997/98South AfricaSouth Africa2020
1998New ZealandSri Lanka3210
1998EnglandEngland1100
1998/99IndiaSri Lanka1001
Total56121925
6 Aravinda de Silva[7]
 1991EnglandEngland1010
1991/92PakistanPakistan3012
1995/96†AustraliaAustralia1010
1998/99†PakistanBangladesh1010
Total6042
7 Hashan Tillakaratne[8] 1998/99PakistanPakistan1001
2003New ZealandSri Lanka2002
2003West IndiesWest Indies2011
2003/04EnglandSri Lanka3102
2003/04AustraliaSri Lanka3030
Total11146
8 Sanath Jayasuriya[9]
 1999AustraliaSri Lanka3102
1999/2000ZimbabweZimbabwe3102
1999/2000PakistanPakistan3210
2000PakistanSri Lanka3021
2000South AfricaSri Lanka3111
2000/01South AfricaSouth Africa3021
2000/01EnglandSri Lanka3120
2001IndiaSri Lanka3210
2001/02Bangladesh1Sri Lanka1100
2001/02West IndiesSri Lanka3300
2001/02ZimbabweSri Lanka3300
2001/02Pakistan²Pakistan1100
2002EnglandEngland3021
2002BangladeshSri Lanka2200
2002/03South AfricaSouth Africa1010
Total3818128
9 Marvan Atapattu[10] 2002/03†South AfricaSouth Africa1010
2004ZimbabweZimbabwe2200
2004AustraliaAustralia2011
2004South AfricaSri Lanka2101
2004/05PakistanPakistan2110
2004/05New ZealandNew Zealand2011
2005West IndiesSri Lanka2200
2005/06BangladeshSri Lanka2200
2005/06IndiaIndia3021
Total18864
10 Mahela Jayawardene[11]
 2005/06BangladeshBangladesh2200
2005/06PakistanSri Lanka2011
2006EnglandEngland3111
2006South AfricaSri Lanka2200
2006/07New ZealandNew Zealand2110
2007BangladeshSri Lanka3300
2007/08AustraliaAustralia2020
2007/08EnglandSri Lanka3102
2007/08West IndiesWest Indies2110
2008IndiaSri Lanka3210
2008/09BangladeshBangladesh2200
2008/09PakistanPakistan2002
2011/12EnglandSri Lanka2110
2012PakistanSri Lanka3102
2012/13New ZealandSri Lanka2110
2012/13AustraliaAustralia3030
Total3818128
11 Kumar Sangakkara[12]
 2009PakistanSri Lanka3201
2009New ZealandSri Lanka2200
2009/10IndiaIndia3021
2010IndiaSri Lanka3111
2010/11West IndiesSri Lanka3003
2011†EnglandEngland1001
Total15537
12 Tillakaratne Dilshan[13]
 2011EnglandEngland2011
2011AustraliaSri Lanka3012
2011/12PakistanUnited Arab Emirates3012
2011/12South AfricaSouth Africa3120
Total11155
13 Angelo Mathews[14]
 2012/13BangladeshSri Lanka2101
2013/14PakistanUnited Arab Emirates3111
2013/14BangladeshBangladesh2101
2014EnglandEngland2101
2014South AfricaSri Lanka2011
2014PakistanSri Lanka2200
2014/15New ZealandNew Zealand2020
2015PakistanSri Lanka3120
2015IndiaSri Lanka3120
2015/16West IndiesSri Lanka2200
2015/16New ZealandNew Zealand2020
2016EnglandEngland3021
2016AustraliaSri Lanka3300
2016/17South AfricaSouth Africa3030
Total3413156
14 Rangana Herath[15]
 2016/17ZimbabweZimbabwe2200
2016/17BangladeshSri Lanka2110
2017IndiaSri Lanka1010
Total5320
15 Dinesh Chandimal[16]
2017ZimbabweSri Lanka1100
2017IndiaSri Lanka2020
2017/18PakistanUnited Arab Emirates2200
2017/18IndiaIndia3012
2017/18BangladeshBangladesh2101
2018West IndiesWest Indies2011
2018/19EnglandSri Lanka1010
2018/19New ZealandNew Zealand2011
2018/19AustraliaAustralia2020
Total17485
16 Suranga Lakmal[17]
2018West IndiesWest Indies1100
2018South AfricaSri Lanka2200
2018/19EnglandSri Lanka2020
Total5320
17 Dimuth Karunaratne[18]
2018/19South AfricaSouth Africa2200
2019New ZealandSri Lanka2110
2019/20PakistanPakistan2011
2019/20ZimbabweZimbabwe2101
Total8422
Grand total[19]2899210988

Notes:

  • 1 Asian Test Championship
  • ² Final of the Asian Test Championship

Updated 31 January 2020

Men's One-Day International captains

This is a list of cricketers who have captained the Sri Lankan cricket team for at least one One Day International. Sri Lanka's greatest success was when they won the 1996 cricket World Cup under the captaincy of Arjuna Ranatunga.

Sri Lankan ODI captains
Number Name Year Played Won Lost NR Tied
1Anura Tennekoon[20]1975–197940400
2Bandula Warnapura[21]1979–198283500
3Duleep Mendis[22]1982–198761114640
4Somachandra de Silva[23]198310100
5Ranjan Madugalle[24]19881321100
6Arjuna Ranatunga[25]1988–1999193899581
7Ravi Ratnayeke[26]198811000
8Aravinda de Silva[27]1992–19961851210
9Roshan Mahanama[28]199420200
10Sanath Jayasuriya[29]1998–2003117654732
11Marvan Atapattu[30]2001–200663352710
12Mahela Jayawardene[31]2004–2013126684981
13Chaminda Vaas[32]200610100
14Kumar Sangakkara[33]2009–201145271440
15Tillakaratne Dilshan[34]2010–201226111500
16Angelo Mathews[35]2012–2018104494951
17Dinesh Chandimal[36]2013, 2018126501
18Lahiru Thirimanne[37]2015/201951400
19Upul Tharanga[38]2016–20172141502
20Chamara Kapugedera[39]201710100
21Lasith Malinga[40]2017–201990900
22Thisara Perera[41]201731200
23Dimuth Karunaratne[42]2019–present1410400
Grand total[43]852389421348

Updated 1 March 2020

Twenty20 International captains

This is a list of cricketers who have captained the Sri Lankan cricket team for at least one Twenty20 International.

Sri Lankan Twenty20 International captains
Number Name Period of captaincy Played Won Lost Tied No result
1Mahela Jayawardene[44]2006–2008, 20121912610
2Tillakaratne Dilshan[45]2009, 201152300
3Kumar Sangakkara[46]2009–20102213900
4Thilina Kandamby[47]201111000
5Angelo Mathews[48]2012–2016, 2018135701
6Dinesh Chandimal[49]2013–2016, 201826131300
7Lasith Malinga[50]2014–2016, 2018–present2371411
8Upul Tharanga[51]201763300
9Thisara Perera[52]2017–201890900
10Dasun Shanaka[53]201933000
Grand total[54]125596422

Updated: 5 March 2020

ICC Trophy

The ICC Trophy is the leading one-day tournament from non-Test teams, and Sri Lanka participated in the tournament before they gained Test status. This is a list of the men who captained Sri Lanka in the ICC Trophy.

Sri Lankan ICC Trophy captains
Number Name Year Played Won Tied Lost No result Where finished
1Anura Tennekoon197933000Winners
2Bandula Warnapura197911000Winners
Grand total44000

Other Men's captains

Rebel tours to South Africa

In October and November 1982 a group of Sri Lankan cricketers went on a private tour of apartheid South Africa. It was the first time a tour comprising all non-white cricketers had toured white South Africa (a team of Kenyan Asians had previously visited the black areas of South Africa, and the International Wanderers XI and DH Robins' XI that had toured in the 1970s included a small number of non-white players). They played under the banner "Arosa Sri Lanka", the "Arosa" bit coming from their promoters. All players were banned from cricket for life as a result.

The Arosa Sri Lanka team was captained by Bandula Warnapura. They were soundly beaten in the two rebel Tests and four rebel ODIs that they played against the full South African cricket team.

Women's cricket

Test match captains

This is a list of cricketers who have captained the Sri Lankan women's cricket team for at least one women's Test match. Sri Lanka have played only one women's Test.[55]

Sri Lankan women's Test match captains
Number Name Year Opposition Location Played Won Lost Drawn
1Rasanjali Silva1997/8PakistanSri Lanka1100

Women's One-Day International captains

This is a list of cricketers who have captained the Sri Lankan women's cricket team for at least one women's one-day international. The table of results is complete to the women's ODI against South Africa in the World Cup in 2004/5. Sri Lanka have never reached the semi-final stage in women's World Cups.

Sri Lankan women's ODI captains
Number Name Year Played Won Tied Lost No result
1Vanessa Bowen199772050
2Rasanjali Silva1998–20001510050
3Suthershini Sivanantham2002–031212000
4Thanuja Ekanayake200440040
5Chandimali Samanthi200410010
6Sandamali Dolawatta2005–201361041
7Shashikala Siriwardene2005–201754180342
8Chamani Seneviratna201021010
9Dilani Manodara2010115051
10Chamari Atapattu2014–2015111091
11Eshani Kaushalya201521010
12Inoka Ranaweera201740040
Grand total128510725

Women's Twenty20International captains
Sri Lankan women's T20I captains
Number Name Year Played Won Tied Lost No result
1Chamari Polgampola200931020
2Chamani Seneviratna201061050
3Shashikala Siriwardene2010–20143190202
4Dilani Manodara201251031
5Chamari Atapattu2014–2015124080
Grand total57160383

Youth cricket

Test match captains

This is a list of cricketers who have captained the Sri Lankan Under-19 cricket team for at least one under-19 Test match. The table of results is complete to the second "Test" against Pakistan in 2004/5. Where a player has a dagger (†) next to a Test match series in which he captained at least one Test, that denotes that player was captain for a minor proportion in a series. The very nature of Under-19 cricket means that in practice no youth captains the side for more than one year.

Sri Lankan Under-19 Test match captains
Number Name Year Opposition Location Played Won Lost Drawn
1Aravinda de Silva1983/4AustraliaAustralia3012
2Roshan Mahanama1984/5AustraliaAustralia1100
3Asanka Gurusinha1986EnglandEngland3012
4Denham Madena1986/7EnglandSri Lanka3003
5Suchithra Alexander1992EnglandEngland3012
6Avishka Gunawardene1993/4EnglandSri Lanka3102
7Nimesh Perera1996/7IndiaSri Lanka3021
8Upekha Fernando1998/9IndiaIndia1001
9Kaushalya Weeraratne2000EnglandEngland3210
10Thilina Kandamby2000/1AustraliaAustralia3030
11Farveez Maharoof2003PakistanSri Lanka2002
12Harsha Vithana2005PakistanPakistan2002
14Angelo Mathews2005EnglandEngland3030
15Sachith Pathirana2007IndiaSri Lanka2011
16Dinesh Chandimal2009BangladeshBangladesh2002
17Chathura Peiris2010EnglandEngland2110
18Bhanuka Rajapaksa2011BangladeshBangladesh2002
19Kusal Mendis2013IndiaSri Lanka4004
Grand total4761427

Youth One-Day International captains

This is a list of cricketers who have captained the Sri Lankan Under-19 cricket team for at least one Under-19 One Day International. The table of results is complete to the end of the 2005/6 Afro-Asia Cup. Sri Lanka's best result in the Under-19 World Cup was as runners-up in 1999/2000 under the captaincy of Malintha Gajanayake.

Sri Lankan Under-19 ODI captains
Number Name Year Played Won Tied Lost No result
1Aravinda de Silva1983/431020
2Asanka Gurusinha198622000
3Denham Madena1986/732010
4Rohan Weerakkody1987/873040
5Marvan Atapattu1989/9031020
6Avishka Gunawardene1993/432010
7Pradeep Hewage1997/864020
8Upekha Fernando1998/930030
9Prasanna Jayawardene1998/910010
10Malintha Gajanayake1999/200086020
11Kaushalya Weeraratne200030030
12Thilina Kandamby2000/141012
13Dhammika Niroshana2001/2101081
14Jeewan Mendis2001/211000
15Farveez Maharoof2003-2003/41990100
16Harsha Vithana2004/532010
17Angelo Mathews2005–200694041
18Sameera de Zoysa200621010
19Sachith Pathirana2007103061
20Ashan Priyanjan2007/08157080
21Dinesh Chandimal200951040
22Chathura Peiris2009/1024120102
23Bhanuka Rajapaksa2009–201153011
24Yashodha Lanka201110010
25Angelo Jayasinghe201173040
26Sanitha de Mel201285030
27Kusal Mendis2013/14189081
28Sadeera Samarawickrama201411000
29Charith Asalanka2015/16198092
Grand total225105010812

See also

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